I have a post, What’s the Culture on Your Project? that discusses the project issues of the Romney campaign. But there is a deeper issue. On a post that no longer exists there was an insightful comment from someone named redcal: who you hire to do the job DEFINES how well you do your job […]
Here is an alternative funnel, with what I hope is a better sense of proportion and scale. Your comments helped me a lot. Here’s the idea behind the funnel. You have ads that help your candidates screen themselves in or out. Of course, there are always some people who don’t screen themselves out, so you
I like to think of a funnel as the way we bring candidates into the organization and through the recruiting process. The resumes are the huge intake. The resume review starts to narrow the funnel, the phone screen narrows it more. As you use elimination questions in the phone screen, you knock people out before
I wrote a series on cultural fit for my Pragmatic Manager email newsletter. In reverse order they were: How Do We Treat Each Other? What Does Your Organization Reward? What is Okay for You to Discuss? Those are the three biggies when you talk about organizational culture. That’s what candidates see when you hire. That’s
If you’ve had any interview training at all, you know you’re supposed to leave time at the end of the interview to ask, “What questions do you have for me?” Most candidates don’t know what to ask. Some candidates ask about benefits, which might be okay. Some candidates don’t ask anything because they don’t know
While I was in Sweden last week, my cover designer was busy, and I now have a cover, and a published book! Welcome to the updated hiring book: Hiring Geeks That Fit. Isn’t the cover great? I love it. This looks just like some places I’ve worked, which is why I like the cover so
I just read Lee Copeland’s review on Stickyminds. If you don’t read Stickyminds regularly, consider it. I’m a regular columnist for Stickyminds and have written columns about hiring in the last couple of years.